Hershey chocolate is named after its founder Milton Hershey. People in China think Hershey is more cheerful than Hershey, so Hershey chocolate, which is quite famous in China chocolate market, came into being. Mr. Hershey became Mr. Hershey, and the Hershey Town named after Hershey naturally became Hershey Town.
Mr. Hersey 1857 was born in Hersey Town, then called Deli Town. Because of his poor family, his father fled everywhere, and Mr. Hirsch only went to the second grade of primary school. When I was thirteen or fourteen, I went out to work. 1876, he went to Philadelphia and tried to do candy business. Later, he came to new york alone, continued to engage in the candy industry, and began to improve. During the period of 1893, Mr. Hirsch became interested in the way of making chocolate at the World Columbia Expo held in Chicago. Chocolate was a kind of "aristocratic food" at that time. He immediately bought equipment made in Germany. At that time, there was no formula for producing milk chocolate. After numerous experiments and failures, he finally mastered the ratio of cocoa beans, sucrose and milk. In order to turn chocolate into affordable food for ordinary people, Mr Hirsch decided to sell his candy factory at the price of $654.38 million+$00,000, and use the money to buy land and build a factory in Hershey Town to expand chocolate production. After years of hard work, its products are sold all over the world. Mr. Hirsch built dormitories for employees, and successively built schools, churches, parks, hospitals, entertainment places and transportation systems. The originally barren town has gradually become a community with rich life.
Today, Hershey Chocolate Company is the largest chocolate and non-chocolate candy manufacturer in North America, with more than 65,438+03,000 employees worldwide. Many chocolate brands it produces are world-famous, with annual sales of nearly $5 billion. At the same time, the company allocates 20 million dollars for social welfare every year. The company pays special attention to the natural environmental protection and ecological balance of the origin of cocoa beans, the raw material for chocolate production.
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According to Thomas, the company's vice president and global chief development officer, Hershey entered the China market on 1995, and has now become one of the largest-selling imported chocolate foods in China market. Taking the development of China market as the "top priority", the company has formulated the China market development strategy of "laying a solid foundation and realizing sustainable development". By 20 10, Hershey's total chocolate share in China will reach 20%. Before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the company set up Hershey Chocolate World in Nanjing Road, Shanghai. It is planned to invest and establish a production base in Jinshan, Shanghai, with an area of 80,000 square meters and brand-new production equipment, with an annual output of 40,000 tons of chocolate.
Since its establishment, Hershey has been caring for society with practical actions. The most important thing is the establishment of Hershey School. Mr Hirsch and his wife Catherine have no children. They adopted several orphans and built a home school for them with their own assets. 1909 founded "Hersey Industrial School", which enrolled orphans aged 4 to 16, and implemented consistent education from kindergarten to high school. 19 18 Mr. Hersey donated all his wealth to Hersey School. Today, Hershey School's charitable foundation owns 30% of Hershey Chocolate Company, with a total value of nearly $8 billion. At present, there are more than 400 students 1.400 and more than 0.000 faculty members/kloc-0. The school adheres to the principle of recruiting poor students set by Mr. Hersey, and all expenses will be borne by the school after students enter school. The school has more than 140 family-style student dormitories, which are managed by "acting parents" hired by the school. This year, 7,000 people applied for admission, and the school selected 300 students from more than 30 States in the United States. Since the establishment of this school, more than 9000 people have graduated.
Shihao Town has only 265,438+0,000 permanent residents, but more than 6,000 people are related to the chocolate industry. In the 1930s, the United States suffered from the Great Depression, which affected most parts of the country except Hershey Town. At that time, Mr. Hirsch used the company's abundant funds to launch the "Building Expansion Movement", which not only provided rich employment opportunities for local residents, but also built a large number of landmark buildings. Hershey Hotel and Conference Center, built by Hershey Charity Foundation, has now become an "important conference center" in the United States. The Hershey Theme Park built by Hershey Company is a good place for people to spend their holidays. The "Chocolate World" created by Hershey Company integrates visiting, playing and shopping, allowing visitors to experience unlimited fun. Hershey Town is now known as the "Summer Capital of Pennsylvania", and more than 3 million people come here for sightseeing every year.
People in Hershey Town love to say that Hershey Town is the sweetest place in the world. Even the air here is filled with the charming smell of chocolate. The development of Hershey Chocolate Company has brought colorful life to the community, and the sweet career started here.